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US3482925A
US3482925A US525864A US3482925DA US3482925A US 3482925 A US3482925 A US 3482925A US 525864 A US525864 A US 525864A US 3482925D A US3482925D A US 3482925DA US 3482925 A US3482925 A US 3482925A
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  • a number of rapid tanning processes for the production of vegetable-tanned leather are known, in which the pelts are pretreated with acids in the form of a pickle before the final tanning with vegetable tannins. If mineral acids or lower fatty acids are used for this purpose, the addition of neutral salts, e.g. sodium chloride, is necessary to prevent an undesired swelling of the pelts.
  • Such a pretreatment by pickling is customary, especially in those cases where the pelts are pre-tanned with chromium tanning agent before the final tanning.
  • a rapid tanning process has now been found in which the pelts are acidified with mixtures of mineral acids or salts having a mineral acid reaction in aqueous solution, and of salts of naphthalene-sulphonic acids, pre-tanned with chromium tanning agent, and then finally tanned with vegetable tannin and/ or syntans.
  • the mixtures which are considerably easier to handle lead to an at least equally rapid tannin penetration in the final tanning process with vegetable tannins. It has also been found that this new process which is the object of the present application, can be carried out with particular advantage without a liquor.
  • the pelts which may be delimed and wetted in the usual manner are acidified with mineral acids or salts having a mineral acid reaction in aqueous solution and with salts of naphthalenesulphonic acids, possibly in the presence of water-soluble inorganic neutral salts or carboxylic acids.
  • the acids are used in such an amount that at the end of the treatment the pelts exhibit a pH value below 6.5, preferably of 3.0- 3.6, throughout their cross-section.
  • the acidified pelts are then pre-tanned in known manner with (1) chromiumtanning agents or (2) chromium complex tanning agents or (3) mixtures of chromium tanning agents and (a) syntans and/or (b) naphthalene-sulphonic acids and/or (0) condensation products of naphthalene-sulphonic acids and formaldehyde and/or (d) sulphite waste liquor, and finally tanned with vegetable tannins and/or syntans.
  • the chromium tanning agents (1)-(3) can be used by themselves or as mixtures.
  • the alkaline pelts are acidified with mineral acids and salts of naphthalene-sulphonic acid, the ammonium or alkali metal salts being preferably used as salts of naphthalene-sulphonic acid.
  • alkali metal salts of naphother Water-soluble ammonium salts is advantageous in the case where alkaline pelts, i.e. non-delimed and nonwetted pelts, are employed as starting material.
  • salts of sulphurous acid or carboxylic acids, and optionally other water-soluble inorganic neutral salts, besides the ammonium salts are present.
  • salts of naphthalene-sulphonic acids there are preferably used the alkali metal or ammonium salts of fi-naphthalene-sulphonic acid or of technical mixtures substantially containing 18-naphthalene-sulphonic acid. Salts of anaphthalene-sulphonic acid, 1,5- or 1,6-naphthalene-disulphonic acid or 1,3,6- or 1,3,7-naphthalene-trisulphonic acid are also suitable. Furthermore, neutralised technical mixtures which are obtained in the production of naphthalenedisulphonic acids as a by-product and mainly consist of sulphuric acid and naphthalene-disulphonic acids can be used with particular advantage.
  • mineral acids As mineral acids, sulphuric acids, hydrochloric acid or phosphoric acid are especially suitable. It is also possible to use salts having a mineral acid reaction in aqueous solution, such as sodium or potassium bisulphate.
  • the amount of mineral acids to be used depends on the pH value which the pelts are to have at the end of the treatment.
  • water-soluble inorganic neutral salts are, interalia, sodium sulphate, sodium chloride, potassium sulphate, potassium chloride, ammonium sulphate, ammonium chloride, and other known water-soluble inorganic salts of neutral reaction. These salts are generally used in amounts of about 05-10%, referred to the pelt weight.
  • Carboxylic acids which are especially suitable for being used for the present process are those of the aliphatic series, such as formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, adipic acid, glutaric acid, oxalic acid and hydroxycarboxylic acids, such as lactic acid, as well as citric acid.
  • the aromatic series there may be mentioned: sulphophthalic acid and sulphosalicyclic acid.
  • Mixtures of carboxylic acids can also be used.
  • the carboxylic acids are normally used in quantities of 0.52% formic acid or of an equivalent amount of another carboxylic acid, referred to the pelt weight.
  • Ammonium salts of acids other than naphthalene-sulphonic acids which can be concurrently used are, inter alia, water-soluble ammonium salts of inorganic acids, such as ammonium sulphate and ammonium chloride, or water-soluble ammonium salts of organic acids, such as ammonium acetate, ammonium formate and ammonium phthalate. Mixtures of such ammonium salts are also frequently employed with advantage.
  • any detrimental effect on the final tanning with vegetable tannins, caused by the neutral salts introduced during acidification of the pelts with the mixtures according to the invention can be obviated by rinsing the pelts after pre-tanning with chromium tanning agents, without the specific effect of the acidification according to the invention being lost.
  • the pelts which may be delimed and wetted are acidified with mixtures of mineral acids and salts of naphthalene-sulphonic acids, possibly in the presence of water-soluble inorganic neutral salts and carboxylic acids, without a liquor, then pre-tanned in the usual manner with chromium tanning agents, and finally tanned with vegetable tannins and/or syntans.
  • Suitable agents for the acidification of pelts without a liquor are, in particular, powdered mixtures of salts of naphthalene-sulphonic acids with sodium and/or potassium bisulphate. It is equally advantageous to use spray-dried alkali metal or ammonium salts of technical mixtures containing naphthalene-disulphonic acids and possibly naphthalene-trisulphonic acids, such as are obtained as by-product in the production of naphthalenedisulphonic acids, in admixture with bisulphates, as powdered agents for the acidification of pelts.
  • the pre-tanning with chromium tanning agents or chromium complex tanning agents or mixtures of chromium tanning agents and the components (a) to (d) mentioned above is carried out by known methods. AS a rule, amounts of chromium tanning agents are employed which would be insufficient for complete tanning. Pre-tanning according to the process described in US. Patent No. 2,997,857 is especially suitable. Pre-tanning without a liquor can be carried out with particular advantage according to US. Patent 3,254,937.
  • a dry mixture of chrome tanning agent with naphthalene SO Na or 33% basic chrome tanning salt with .3% formic acid can also be used to pretan.
  • Suitable chromium pre-tanning agents are chromic sulphates ready for tanning which are directly placed into the tanning drum in powdered form.
  • the powdered chromium tanning agents which are the object of [1.5.
  • Patent No. 3,174,817 wherein hides are chrome tanned with powdered dried chromic sulfate or basic chrome sulfate, which has been masked with acetic acid are particularly suitable.
  • Chromium complex tanning agents obtained by mixing chromic salts with syntans prepared by sulphomethylation of phenol/formaldehyde condensation products are especially useful. Data regarding the synthesis of such tanning agents can be found in US. Patent No. 2,997,857.
  • Mixtures of chromic salts with naphthalene-sulphonic acids or with condensation products of naphthalenesulphonic acids and formaldehyde, especially with sodium salts of such condensation products, or mixtures with sulphite Waste liquor, especially with sodium salts of delimed sulphite waste liquors, are also very advantageous.
  • the pre-tanning agents (1) to (3) are preferably used in such amounts that the finished leather has a chromium oxide content of less than 1.5% Cr O preferably less than CI'203.
  • Final tanning is carried out with vegetable tannins and/or syntans in known manner.
  • a preferred method of carrying out the new process consists in that the acidification of the pelts as well as the pre-tanning with chromium tanning agents or chromium-containing tanning agents and also the final tanning wiih vegetable tannins and/or syntans are carried out without a liquor.
  • This offers the advantageous possibility of continuously processing the material from the alkaline pelts to the finished leather in a single operation in one and the same drum. It is expedient to rinse the pelts before the final tanning in order to remove the salts introduced by the alkaline pelts and, after discharging the rinsing liquors, to carry out the final tanning with vegetable tannins and/or syntans in the same drum without a liquor.
  • the new process provides a simple method of operation, a faster tanning agent penetration and, particularly when carried out on an industrial scale, leather with noticeably less drawn grain or with none at all.
  • Patent 3,253,- 879 describes a process for the rapid tanning of medium and heavy leathers consisting essentially of (A) pretanning delimed hides with a normal or basic tanning chromium salt and a syntan obtained by the condensation of a phenol with an aliphatic aldehyde and with a member selected from the group consisting of a sulfite and a bisulfite;
  • syntans of this type are e.g. exchange syntans such as are described in US. Patent 1,901,536 and are made by condensing naphthalenes or tetrahydronaphthalenes sulfonated at 140-160" C., and condensing the sulfonated naphthalene with formaldehyde and dihydroxy diphenylsulfones. Sulfur chloride can also be used in the condensation. Even more suitable for initiating the final tanning without a liquor are auxiliary syntans and/or sulphite waste liquor, possibly used together with up to 50% of exchange syntans, referred to the amount of pretanning agent used.
  • exchange syntans such as are described in US. Patent 1,901,536 and are made by condensing naphthalenes or tetrahydronaphthalenes sulfonated at 140-160" C., and condensing the sulfonated naphthalene
  • the final tanning without a liquor is advantageously carried out with those condensation products of naphthalene-sulphonic acids and formaldehyde and/ or with those sulphite waste liquors which are adjusted to an acid number of at least 30, preferably 50 to 120, with inorganic or organic acids and which may also contain 520% of their weight of water-soluble inorganic neutral salts.
  • acidification or tanning without a liquor in the meaning of the present invention comprises those processes in which the agents for acidification or tanning are caused to act on the pelt material or the leather in the wet state but without water or substantial amounts of water. Any alkaline swollen pelt yields water in the course of the acidification. As a rule, this amounts to about -25%, referred to the pelt weight, that is to say that in the case of the acidification without a liquor as preferred according to the present invention, a corresponding amount of liquor accumulates in the course of the operation. This liquor can be discharged before the pre-tanning with chromium tanning agents or chro-' mium-containing tanning agents.
  • pre-tanning in the presence of this liquor separated during acidification is also possible without disadvantage.
  • the products are normally used in powdered form, but the use of solid products, e.g. in block form, or of highly concentrated extracts, is also possible.
  • Acidification and tanning without a liquor are mainly performed by milling the pelt or leather with the acidifying agents or tanning agents in a rotating drum.
  • the new process is particularly suitable for the production of split hides, welting leather, insole leather, sole leather, sole leather splits and water-proof leather.
  • Example 1 Split hide pelts (splitting substance 2 mm.) which have been delimed and bated in the usual manner are pickled with 60% water at C., 0.8% sulphuric acid (66 B.), 1.5% calcium formate and 4% sodium 5- naphthalene-sulphonate. After a drumming time of about 2 hours, the pelts are evenly acidified. Pre-tanning is then carried out in the pickling liquor with 2.5% of a powdered 33% basic chromium sulphate (content of chromium oxide After a drumming time of about 2 hours, the pelts are evenly tanned. The tanning liquor is drained off and the pre-tanned pelts are rinsed.
  • the pre-tanned leather is finally tanned in the drum with a vegetable tanning liquor of 5 B.
  • the tanning liquor employed consists of parts by weight pure tannin of mimosa, parts by weight pure tannin of a sulphited quebracho extract and 15 parts by weight pure tanning agents of a soft-tanning synthetic exchange tanning agent as is obtainable from 1 mol 4,4-dihydroxydiphenyl-sulphone, 0.85 mol ,B-naphthalene-sulphonic acid and 1 mol formaldehyde.
  • the leather is completely tanned after a tanning time of about 2 days.
  • a smooth leather with a gentle feel is obtained after the usual finishing.
  • the pre-tanned leather can also be finally tanned in a series of suspenders with 5 pits of 2-6 B.
  • a tannin mixture of sulphited quebracho and mimosa is used in a ratio of equal partsby weight of pure tanmin.
  • the leather is completely tanned after a tanning time of about 1 week and finished in the usual manner. A smooth and plump leather is obtained.
  • Example 2 Split hide pelts which are suitable for the production of split hides are delimed and bated in the usual manner.
  • the pelts are then drummed without a liquor with 5% of a powdered mixture of 50 parts by weight sodium or potassium bisulphate, 25 parts by weight ammonium sulphate or ammonium chloride and 25 parts by weight sodium B-naphthalene-sulphonate with the concurrent use of 0.9% of 85% formic acid (diluted with water 1:1).
  • the pelts After a treatment time of about 1 /2 to 2 hours, the pelts have a pH value of about 3.2 to 3.4 throughout their cross-section.
  • the liquor formed by the elimination of water from the pelts during acidification is left in the drum and 4% of a powdered chromium complex tanning agent as described in Example 1 of U.S. Patent 3,254,937 are added.
  • the acidified pelts are drummed without the addition of Water, until the whole cross-section of the pelts is tanned through. This is normally achieved after a tanning time of 1 /2 to 2 hours.
  • the pre-tanned pelts are subsequently rinsed.
  • the pre-tanned pelts are further drummed in the same drum with 8% of a powdered precursory tanning agent.
  • the precursory tanning agent consists of parts by Weight of a spraydried condensation product which is obtained from a technical naphthalene-sulphonation mixture chiefly containing fl-naphthalene-sulphonic acid, and present in the form of the ammonium salt, and 0.65 mol formaldehyde per mol naphthalene-sulphonic acid, 10 parts by weight sodium sulphate and 10 parts by wegiht adipic acid. After a drumming time of 2-3 hours, the pelts are evenly tanned through.
  • the pelts are first drummed in the same drum with 10% pure tannin of a powdered sulphited quebracho extract without a liquor for 1 hour. Then there are added 4% pure tannin of a powdered sweetened chestnut wood extract, 2% of the same powdered quebracho extract and 2% of a commercial soft-tanning syn thetic exchange tanning agent, as is obtainable from 1 mol 4,4-dihydroxy-diphenyl-sulphone, 0.9 mol fi-naphthalene-sulphonic acid and 1 mol formaldehyde.
  • the leather After a total tanning time of about 4-5 hours, the leather is completely tanned and is greased and finished in the usual manner. A light-coloured leather of level shade is obtained, which exhibits only a negligible drawn grain or none at all.
  • the powdered mixture used, for acidification of the pelts consists of 50 parts by weight sodium bisulphate and 50 parts by weight of a technical mixture neutralised with ammonia and spray-dried and containing about 65% sulphuric acid, about 35%, 1,5- and 1,6-naphthalenedisulphonic acid, and small amounts of 1,3,6- and 1,3,7- naphthalene-trisulphonic acid.
  • the acidified pelts are subsequently further drummed in the same drum with 4% powdered pre-tanning agent.
  • the pre-tanning agent consists of 50 parts by weight of a 33% basic chromium sulphate (chromium oxide content 25 and 50 parts by weight of a condensation product present in the form of the sodium salt and obtained from B-naphthalene-sulphonic acid and formaldehyde (molar ratio 1:0.65 mol).
  • the leather is then further drummed without a liquor with 6% of a powdered synthetic precursory tanning agent.
  • the precursory tanning agent consists of 70 parts by weight of a spray-dried condensation product present in the form of the ammonium salt and obtained from a technical naphthalene-sulphonation mixture mainly consisting of ,B-naphthalene-sulphonic acid and formaldehyde in a molar ratio of 1 mol naphthalene-sulphonic acid to 0.9 mol formaldehyde, which has been adjusted to an acid number of 120 by the addition of glutaric acid and also contains 30 parts by weight of a purified and delimed sulphite waste liquor.
  • the leather After a drumming time of 2 hours, the leather is evenly tanned through. Final tanning is subsequently carried out in the same drum by the addition of 7% of a powdered sulphited quebracho extract and 7% of a powdered mimosa extract. After a treatment of 34 hours the leather is completely tanned, then greased and finished in the usual manner. A smooth leather is obtained which exhibits only a negligible drawn grain or none at all.
  • Example 4 500 parts of alkaline cow butt pelts prepared in the beam house by the methods customary for the production of sole leather are levelled (thickness 4.2 mm.) and treated in the drum, without the addition of water, with 5% of the powdered mixture described below, 0.2% sodium metabisulphite and l.21.5% of 85% formic acid for about 3-4 hours.
  • the liquor emerging from the alkaline swollen pelts has a pH value of about 3.2-3.5.
  • the pelts are evenly acidified throughout their crosssection.
  • the powdered mixture consists of 50 parts by weight sodium bisulphate, 25 parts by weight ammonium sulphate and 25 parts by weight of a technical naphthalenesulphonation mixture present in the form of the ammonium salt and mainly consisting of fi-naphthalenesulphonic acid.
  • pre-tanning is carried out with 4% of a powdered chromium-containing I synthetic tanning agent.
  • the pre-tanning agent consists of 60 parts by weight chromic sulphate and 40 parts by weight of a condensation product present in the form of the sodium salt and obtained from fl-naphthalene-sulphonic acid and formaldehyde in a molar ratio of 1:065.
  • the pre-tanned leather is washed at 30 C. for 10 minutes and subsequently rinsed for 10 minutes.
  • drumming is continued with 10% of the powdered precursory tanning agent described below. After a treatment time of about 4 hours the pelts are evenly tanned through.
  • precursory tanning agent there is used a spray-dried condensation product present in the form of the ammonium salt, obtained from 1 mol (i-naphthalenesulphonic acid and 0.7 mol formaldehyde, and adjusted to an acid number of 110 by the addition of glutaric or oxalic acid.
  • the leather is then finally tanned with 16% pure tannin of quebracho extract, 6% pure tannin of mimosa extract and 3% pure tannin of chestnut wood extract, all in powdered form.
  • 16% pure tannin of quebracho extract 6% pure tannin of mimosa extract and 3% pure tannin of chestnut wood extract, all in powdered form.
  • the leather is completely tanned after a total tanning time of 24-30 hours.
  • the leather is then finished in the usual manner. A smooth firm sole leather is obtained, which exhibits a negligible drawn grain or none at all.
  • Example 5 An unsplit cow butt pelt which has been limed in the beam house in the manner customary for sole leather is divided into pieces of 8 by 30 cm. The pieces are treated overnight in the drum in 300% water, 2% ammonium sulphate, 1.5% sodium metabisulphate and 0.5% of formic acid. After discharging the liquor (pH value about 6), one part of the completely delimed pelt pieces the cross-section of which is coloured in a level yellow to yellow-green shade according to the indicator bromothymol blue, are pickled with water and 4.8% of a technical naphthalene-sulphonation mixture mainly containing ,B-naphthalene-sulphonic acid (acid number 370).
  • the other part of the comparable pelt pieces are pickled with 100% water, 3.8% sodium bisulphate and 7% sodium B-naphthalene-sulphonate.
  • the pickled pieces are then individually pre-tanned without a liquor, in a drumming machine as has been described by E, Komarek and G. Mauthe in Das Leder 12 (1961), pages 285-289, particularly page 287, with 2.25% of a powdered 33% basic chromic sulphate (chromium oxide content 25 until the whole cross-section of the pelt is tanned through.
  • the pre-tanned leather is then rinsed with water at 35 C. and the pieces are finally tanned, again individually, in the drumming machine without a liquor with 30% of a powdered sulphited quebracho extract.
  • the tanning in the drumming machine is interrupted and the leather is cut.
  • the pelt pieces which have been pickled with the sodium salt of naphthalene-sulphonic acid are tanned through more rapidly than the control samples pickled with naphthalenesulphonic acid.
  • a comparison of the rate of tanning agent penetration with that of pelts which have been pickled with sulphuric acid and sodium chloride only also shows that the rate of tanning agent penetration is noticeably faster in the case of the pelts pickled with sodium-naphthalene-sulphonate and sodium bisulphate.
  • Example 6 Bellies suitable for the preparation of case leather are soaked and limed in the customary manner. After short rinsing with water the pelts are delimed and bated in the drum with 200% (referred to the weight of the pelts) of water of 25 to 30 C., 1% of ammonium sulphate, 0.2% of soduim metabisulphite and 0.5 of a customary bating agent. The pelts are then rinsed and pickled with 100% of water, 1.2% of sulphuric acid (66 B.), 3% of fl-naphthalene sulphonic acid in form of its sodium salt, 3% of sodium sulphate or potassium sulphate and 0.5 of 85% formic acid. After a drumming time of 2 hours the pelts are evenly acidified and exhibit a pH of 3.5 through the entire cross-section.
  • sulphuric acid 66 B.
  • fl-naphthalene sulphonic acid in form of its sodium salt
  • the pelts are then pretanned in the pickle liquor with 10% of a powdered mixture of 80 parts by weight of 33% basic chromium sulphate (Cr O content 25%) and 20 parts by weight of a delimed purified sulphite waste liquor in form of its sodium salt. After a tanning time of 30 minutes the liquor is buffered by the addition of sodium sulphite and sodium carbonate so that at the end of the chrome tannage the liquor exhibits a pH of 3.8.
  • the evenly tanned leather is rinsed with water, neutralised and drummed without liquor with 6% of a powdered precursory tanning agent.
  • the precursory tanning agent consists of 50 parts by weight of a neutralised con- 'densation product of a technical naphthalene sulphonic acid which essentially contains fi-naphthalene sulphonic acid, and formaldehyde (molar ratio 1:065), in form of its sodium salt, and 50 parts by weight of a synthetic exchange tanning agent prepared by condensation of f3- naphthalene sulphonic acid and 4,4-dihydroxy-diphenylsulphone.
  • Example 7 In Example 6 the chromium pretanning agent is replaced by of a powdered mixture of 60 parts by weight of a 33% basic chromium sulphate tannin (Cr O content 25%) and 40 parts by weight of fl-naphthalen'e sulphonic acid (Na-salt).
  • precursory agent a mixture of 25 parts by weight of a condensation product of ,B-naphthalene sulphonic acid and formaldehyde (molar ratio 1:1), in form of its sodium salt and spray-dried, 25 parts by weight of a delimed sulphite waste liquor, in form of its sodium salt, and 50 parts by weight of a synthetic exchange tanning agent is employed.
  • Example 6 If otherwise proceeded as described in Example 6 smooth leathers are obtained which exhibit no drawn grain at all and which show a full and round handle.
  • Example 8 Pelt butts suitable for the preparation of sole leather splits are soaked and limed in the customary manner. The pelts are then drummed with about 200% (referred to the weight of the pelt) of water of 28 to 30 C. and 0.2% of hydrochloric acid for 10 minutes. 1.5% of ammonium chloride and 1% of sodium metabisulphite are then added. After a drumming time of 1.5 to 2 hours the pelts are evenly acidified through the entire cross-section. If necessary, 0.2 to 0.3% of hydrochloric acid or formic acid are further added. The pelts shall exhibit a pH of 5.5 to 6 through the cross-section.
  • the liquor is completely removed and after short rinsing 100% of water, 1.2% of sulphuric acid, 3% of the ammonium salt of B-naphthalene sulphonic acid and 3% of potassium chloride are added.
  • a chromium-containing pretanning agent in powdered form are added.
  • This pretanning agent consists of equal parts by weight of a 33% basic chrominum sulphate tanning agent (Cr O content 25%) and a spray-dried condensation product of 1 mol of phenol sulphonic acid and 1 mol of urea and 1.55 mol of formaldehyde, in form of its sodium salt.
  • a tanning time of 3 hours the pelts are evenly tanned through,
  • the pretanned leathers are washed at 30 C. for 10 minutes and subsequently rinsed with water of 30 C. for 10 minutes.
  • the rinsing liquor is discharged and 10% of a powdered precursory tanning agent as described below added and the drumming continued.
  • precursory tanning agent a spray-dried sodium salt of a neutral condensation product of 1 mol of [Si-naphthalene sulphonic acid, 0.5 mol of o-chlorophenol and 0.85 mol of formaldehyde which is adjusted to an acid number of 110 by means of glutaric acid is employed.
  • the preparation of a precursory 10 tanning agent of this kind is described in US. Patent No. 2,829,122.
  • pretanning with a material selected from the group consisting of (a) inorganic chromium tanning agents; and (b) complexes or mixtures of inorganic chromium tanning agents with at least one material selected from the group consisting of syntans and sulphite waste liquor; and (3) tanning with a material selected from the group consisting of vegetable tannins, syntans, and mixtures thereof; the improvment comprising preparing an acidifying agent by mixing:
  • said acidifying agent is a mixture of mineral acid and salts of naphthalene sulfonic acids, said salts of naphthalene sulfonic acids selected from the group consisting of ammonium salts and mixtures of ammonium and alkali metal salts.
  • step (1) acidification is also conducted without substantial amounts of water.

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